Skirt-supporter.



0. B. PATTERSON. SKIRT SPPORTER.

APrLIoTIoN I'ILBD 1123.27, 1907.

937 ,852. Patented Oct. 26, 1909.

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SKIRT-SUPPORTEB.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 26, 1909.

Application filed April 27, 1907. Serial No. 370,550.

.To all whom it may concem:

Be it known that I, CLARA B. PATTERSON, of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Skirt-Supporters, whereof the following is a specificatiom'reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to an iinprovement in skirt supporters, and its object is to pro-I vide a supporter which may be attached to the garments of the wearer without the use of thread, and which is invisible after the skirt has been attached to the Waist of the wearer.

In its present embodiment it comprises a loop or eye formed integrally with a pin and safety catch or guard, which pin is adapted to be passed through the Waist band, and lower edge of the Waist, said loop depending from said pin when secured in position on the wearer. Upon the upper edge of the skirt a hook is secured, said hook being also integrally formed With a pin point and guard. This portion of the supporter when in its final position on the skirt of the wearer has its hook depending and adapted to register with the loop or eye on the Waist.

In the accompanying drawings Figure I, is an elevation of that part of the supporter which is intended to be fastened to a Waist. Fig. II, is a plan view of the same. Fig. III, is an elevation of that part of the supporter, which is intended to be fastened to a skirt. Fig. IV, is a plan view of the same. Fig. V, is a view showing the application of a pair of eye pins of the supporter secured in position upon a Waist, and also securing a skirt-supporter band in place. Fig. VI, is a view showing the application of a pair of hook pins of the supporter secured in position upon the inside of the top of a skirt, said skirt top being shown turned downwardly. Fig. VII, is a central sectional view through the hook and loop members, in engaged position as the skirt and Waist Would appear on the wearer.

In said fignres,-the eye pin 1, is formed of a single piece of Wire bent at substantially its central portion into a semi-circular loop 2. One end of said Wire is bent at substantially right angles to form the portion 8, at the left hand side of said loop as shown in Fig. I, said Wire being then bent to form the Spring coil 4:, and then continued in a straight line to form the pin bar 5, having This hook is formed of two substantially i parallel portions 12, and18, each of which is bent downwardly and back upon itself to form the parallel strands 15, and 16, respectively, said strands being again bent backwardly upon themselves in the same plane forming parallel strands 17, and 18. The end of the wire extending from the strand 17, is bent at right angles thereto into the length 19, and then into a spring coil 20, and afterward extended on an arc of a circle to form a pin 21, which is provided With a curved point 22. The arc of the pin 21, conforms substantially with the contour of the Waist of the wearer and the point 22, is bent in order that it may not project so as to scratch the wearer. By reference to Fig. III, it will be seen that that portion of the Wire which forms the hook and the adjoining bends crosses the pin bar, and the major portion of the hook 11, extends below the level of said pin bar 21, and the bends at the upper end of the hook which engage the loop 2, are just about on a line with said pin bar. This construction throws the engaging portions of the hook and eye members well below the upper edge of the skirt When in position upon the wearer, whereby they are effectually hidden from view. The end of the wire extending from the strand 18, is bent at right angles thereto forming the straight portion 28, which is afterward curved to form a pin guard 24. In Fig. V, a pair of the loop members of the supporter are shown in position upon a Waist 80, one on each side of the separating line 88. In attaching these members a ribbon 81, or Waist band, is placed against the Waist 80, and secured thereto by means of the eye pins 1. Upon the inside of the skirt 82, the hook members are fastened as shown in Fig. VI, said members being spaced so as to register with the loop members upon the Waist When the skirt is secured in position. In this figure the top of the skirt is shown turned downwardly to show how the hooks are secured thereto. By reference to Fig. VII, it Will be seen'that the hooks 10, are inserted through the loops 2, of the eye pins 1, thereby securely holding the skirt to the Waist,

It Will be noted from the description above set forth that by pinning the Waist band 31, directly to the Waist by means of the eye pins, as shown, an arrangement is provided which is greatly simplified over that heretofore in use. With previous constructions it has been customary to attach the Waist band to the Waist by means of a set of hooks and eyes sewed in position upon said Waist bandV and Waist; and also attach the skirt to the Waist band by means of a second set of hooks and eyes sewed in position upon said Waist band and skirt. Or, the means employed have been eXposed to view in an objectionable manner.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

A skirt supporter, including in combination, a supporting loop formed of a single Wire bend to form a loop, a securing pin and a retainer for said pin, a supporting hook formed of a single Wire bent upon itself to form parallel members adapted to enter the supporting loop, said members being bent upon themselves and spaced to form a supporting base for the supporting loop, said members'being then bent out- Wardly away from each other substantially in the plane of the supporting base, and then upon themselves, and extended to a point beyond the base of the hook, one of said members being then bent outwardly and'coiled, land extending across the base of the hook, to form a retaining pin, and the other member being bent outwardly in the opposite direction, and curved to form a retainer for said pin, whereby said loop and said pin are adapted to be engaged by the band of the Waist and the band of the skirt, and be substantially concealed between said bands.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this twenty-sixth day of April 1907.

CLARA B. PATTERSON.

Witnesses:

JAMES H. BELL, E. L. FULLERTON. 

